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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. C. O. READ 8: G. I. HURST. APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OORKS FROM BOTTLES. No. 546,902.

Patented Sept. 24, 1895.

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(No Model.) I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. C. O. READ & G. I. HURST.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OORKS FROM BOTTLES.

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NHE STATES JOHN C. ORAMPIN READ, OF HAREORNE, AND GEORGE ISAAC HURST OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CORKS FROM BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,902, dated September 24, 1895. Application filed May 27, 1895- Serlal No. 550,879. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may CON/667%:

Be it known that we, JOHN CHARLES CRAMPIN READ, engineer, residing at Cavendish House, Harborne, in the county of Stafford, and GEORGE ISAAC HURsT, engineer, residing at 257 High Holborn, in the city of London, England, have invented certain Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Corks from Bottles and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention has for its object to provide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive apparatus for drawing corks from bottles and the like, the said apparatus requiring but little fitting and is not liable to get out of order.

An apparatus constructed according to this invention consists of a casing containing in the interior a frame capable of being moved up and down in guides, the said frame carrying the corkscrew engaging in a nut, which is of such shape or is provided with such means as to prevent it from rotating, but admit of it moving longitudinally in the casing when required, a spring detent or catch being also provided in the casing to prevent the longitudinal movement of the said nut while the corkscrew is being inserted and withdrawn from the cork. The to-and-fro movements are given to the frame carrying the corkscrew by means of a cam or eccentric, which is rotated by a handle and caused to act alternately on two bearing-surfaces on the frame, the said eccentric also acting on the spring detent or catch at the proper periods, so as to release the nut with which the corkscrew engages and admit of its moving up and down with the frame.

We will further describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of an apparatus constructed according to our invention, the front plate being removed to show the interior and the parts being shown in the position they occupy when the corkscrew is being inserted in the cork to be withdrawn. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing the parts in the position they occupy when the cork is being withdrawn from the bottle; and Fig.4: is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the corkscrew is being with drawn from the cork.

A is a casing made in two parts, connected together by screws a, the said casing being provided with brackets 19 and a clampingscrew 0, by means of which the apparatus may be secured to a table, counter, or other support. At the lower part of the casing A is an opening 13, at which the cork to be withdrawn is presented, in which opening is a nut O, which can slide longitudinallytherein, but is prevented from rotating by any suitable meansfor instance, by a feather or projection 61 on the nut engaging a groove d in the side of the opening 13, as shown. The nut O is held in its normal position in the opening 13 by a detent or spring-catch D, which engages a projection e on the said nut. \Vith this out engages the corkscrew E, the rear end of which is secured to a frame F, so as to be free to rotate, which frame is capable of being moved up and down in guidesfin the casing A, and is operated by a cam or eccentric G, formed in one with or connected to a handle H and provided with parts 9, constituting an axis on which the said eccentric can be turned in bearings in the casing A. This eccentric engages between upper and lower ribs or projections h 77. formed on the frame F, to which the corkscrew is attached.

When the handle H is turned in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 from its normal position, the eccentric by acting on the lower rib or projection h depresses the frame F and the corkscrew E (the nut 0 being held stationary by the detent or spring-catch D and the feather or projection d engaging the bottom of the groove d is caused to rotate as it descends and enter the cork of the bottle or the like held beneath it. By a further rotation of the eccentric after the corkscrew has entered the cork the said eccentric acts upon a tail-piece i on the detent or spring-catch D, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to disengage the said catch from the nut O, and then by the continued rotation in the same direction the eccentric by acting on the upper rib or projeetion 7L on the frame F raises the said frame and corkscrew, and as the nut is released the said nut will rise with it and also the cork, which is thus withdrawn from the bottle or the like, as shown in Fig. 3. By the further rotation of the eccentric in the same direction, or by reversing the direction of motion thereof, as indicated by the arrow in Fig 4, the frame F, together with the corkscrew with the cork thereon, and also the nut O are moved downward by the eccentric acting on the lower rib or projection 72, until the nut descends beneath the spring-catch D, which will then engage the nut and so hold it down, and then by the continued rotation of the eccentric in the same direction it acts upon the upper rib or projection 71, thereby causing the frame, together with the corkscrew E, to rise, and as the nut G is prevented from rising with the said frame the screw E will turn in the nut as it moves upward, and so is withdrawn from the cork, and the apparatus is then ready for another operation.

Vhat we claim is In an apparatus for drawing corks from bottles or similar articles, the combination of a reciprocating frame provided with projections, a cork-screw attached to the said frame but free to rotate, a non-rotary nut engaging with the cork-screw and a spring catch adapted to engage the nut, with an eccentric or cam engaging between the projections on the frame and means for rotating the eccentric, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. C. ORAMPIN READ. GEORGE ISAAC IIURST. Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. UPTON, CHAS. MILLS. 

